panel Archives - identity

Creating Intelligent and Resilient Design

Aneesha Rai — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:54:16 +0000

This month, identity hosted a live panel in collaboration with IF Hub on creating intelligent and resilient design. The speakers on the panel included Sawsan Chammas Haber, Founder and Creative Director of DIPIUGI, Batuhan Gunes, Co-Founder of White Box ME, Vera Dieckmann, Founder and Creative Director at XO Atelier, Henrique Dias, Principal at DLR Group, and Pallavi Dean, Founder and Creative Director at Roar.

Watch the full panel below:

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Designing Through Disruption

Aneesha Rai — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:24:42 +0000

Last week, identity put together a panel at the GLAZE Granite & Marble showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road to discuss the impact of the US-Iran conflict on the architecture and interior design sector in the region, especially in terms of supply chain disruptions, rising costs of materials, client confidence, and how the design community can truly help each other. The panel comprised of Charul Punia, Assistant Sales Manager at GLAZE; Masoomeh Hilal, Founder of Masoomeh Hilal Design; Aleksandra Mojse of Moy Design Studio; Stuart Allen, Founder and CEO of Allen Architecture Interior Design (AAID); and Amber Alston, Senior Associate at Bluehaus.

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Winner’s Panel with IF Hub

Aneesha Rai — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:00:40 +0000

Does storytelling inform curation or the other way around? identity gathered for a conversation on ‘The Art of Design – Curation and Storytelling’ at IF Hub with some winners of the identity Design Awards on how architects and interior designers carefully select, layer, and harmonise materials, furnishings, and design elements to craft spaces that are both functional and narratively compelling.

On the panel, we had with us:

Sejal Patel, Design Director at Kristina Zanic Consultants

Kerem Cengiz, Managing Director – MENA at LWK + PARTNERS

Reem Al Qamzi, Founder of Rqitects

Peter Caruso, Architect at Augusta

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Building Spaces That Endure

Aneesha Rai — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:06:50 +0000

We hosted a panel in collaboration with GROHE under the theme of ‘Building Spaces that Endure’ at our studios. The session brought together leading voices in architecture and interior design to explore how innovation, sustainability and collaboration shape spaces that stand the test of time. Participants included: Stefan Schmied, Leader of LIXIL International, IMEA region; Bruno Gomes, Design Director at Dewan Architects & Engineers; Adriana Graur, Design Director; and Hitan Pankhania, Design Leader at Nikken Sekkei Dubai.

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